By December 2019, 98%% of the undergraduate class of 2019 had reported a post-graduation outcome related to professional experiences, including employment, religious vocation and service, and graduate or professional school.* (This represents a "knowledge rate" of 98%).
Of the members of the Class of 2019, 97.56% were able to seek employment or continuing education within six months of graduation. 2.44% of graduates were unable to engage in professional searches due to personal reasons.
Of the graduates from the class of 2019 able to engage in a professional search, 97.2% were either employed or engaged in continued education.
| Employed | 69.4% |
| Attending Graduate School | 27.8% |
| Seeking Employment or underemployed | 2.8% |
Of Employed graduates (at nonprofit, for-profit, and public service organizations) from the Class of 2019, 10% provided entry-level salary data. The average salary of these graduates was $46,428. The median salary was $40,000. The lowest salary reported was $20,000, and the highest was $82,000.
By December 2018, 100% of the undergraduate class of 2018 had reported a post-graduation outcome related to professional experiences, including employment, religious vocation and service, and graduate or professional school.* (This represents a "knowledge rate" of 100%).
Of the members of the Class of 2018, 98.46% were able to seek employment or continuing education within six months of graduation. 1.54% of graduates were unable to engage in professional searches due to personal reasons.
Of the graduates from the class of 2018 able to engage in a professional search, 95.31% were either employed or engaged in continued education.
| Employed | 66.41% |
| Attending Graduate School | 28.91% |
| Seeking Employment or underemployed | 4.69% |
Of Employed graduates (at nonprofit, for-profit, and public service organizations) from the Class of 2018, 17.31% provided entry-level salary data. The average salary of these graduates was $39,908. The median salary was $40,000. The lowest salary reported was $20,000, and the highest was $100,000.
By December 2017, 100% of the undergraduate class of 2017 had reported a post-graduation outcome related to professional experiences, including employment, religious vocation and service, and graduate or professional school.* (This represents a "knowledge rate" of 100%).
Of the members of the Class of 2017, 97.15% were able to seek employment or continuing education within six months of graduation. 2.85% of graduates were unable to engage in professional searches due to personal reasons.
Of the graduates from the class of 2017 able to engage in a professional search, 95.1% were either employed or engaged in continued education.
| Employed | 67.43% |
| Attending Graduate School | 27.69% |
| Seeking Employment or underemployed | 4.89% |
Of Employed graduates (at nonprofit, for-profit, and public service organizations) from the Class of 2017, 18.24% provided entry-level salary data. The average salary of these graduates was $42,870. The median salary was $40.000. The lowest salary reported was $20,000, and the highest was $145,000.
By December 2016, 100% of the undergraduate class of 2016 had reported a post-graduation outcome related to professional experiences, including employment, religious vocation and service, and graduate or professional school.* (This represents a "knowledge rate" of 100%).
Of the members of the Class of 2016, 98.5% were able to seek employment or continuing education within six months of graduation. 1.51% of graduates were unable to engage in professional searches due to personal reasons.
Of the graduates from the class of 2016 able to engage in a professional search, 96.17% were either employed or engaged in continued education.
| Employed | 74.33% |
| Attending Graduate School | 21.84% |
| Seeking Employment or underemployed | 3.83% |
Of Employed graduates (at nonprofit, for-profit, and public service organizations) from the Class of 2016, 30.41% provided entry-level salary data. The average salary of these graduates was $39,754. The median salary was $40.000 (an increase of almost 10% year-over-year). The lowest salary reported was $25,000, and the highest was $70,000.
By December 2015, 100% of the undergraduate class of 2015 had reported a post-graduation outcome related to professional experiences, including employment , religious vocation and service, and graduate or professional school.* (This represents a "knowledge rate" of 100%).
Of the members of the Class of 2015, 98.7% were able to seek employment or continuing education within six months of graduation. 1.3% of graduates were unable to engage in professional searches due to personal reasons.
Of the graduates from the class of 2015 able to engage in a professional search, 96.98% were either employed or engaged in continued education.
| Employed | 71.14% |
| Attending Graduate School | 25.84% |
| Seeking Employment or underemployed | 3.02% |
Of Employed graduates from the Class of 2015, 38.04% provided entry-level salary data. The average salary of these graduates was $39,400 and the median salary was $37,000.
By December 2014, 97.86% of the members of the Class of 2014 were able to seek employment or continuing education within six months of graduation. 2.14% of graduates were unable to engage in professional searches due to personal reasons.
Of the graduates from the class of 2014 able to engage in a professional search, 94.18% were either employed or engaged in continued education.
| Employed | 72.72% |
| Attending Graduate School | 21.46% |
| Seeking Employment or unknown | 3.32% |
| Underemployed | 2.50% |
*For more information regarding the standards for reporting undergraduate First Destination data, see National Association of Colleges and Educators, Standards and Protocols for the Collection and Dissemination of Graduating Student Initial Career Outcomes Information for Undergraduates.
In the current COVID-19 crisis, the love of Danny Fitzpatrick, BA '13, for Italy, appreciation for his time there, and a creative collaboration with sculptor Tim Schmalz have led to a specific way of rendering aid to the country beloved by so many UD alumni and one-time Romers.
+ Read MoreEdisson Ramos, BA '20, is one of many students receiving assistance from UD's COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund, which has currently raised nearly $90,000; the first of the funds were distributed last week to help students make their April rent, and Director of Financial Aid Taryn Anderson, BA '07, is in the process of distributing a second wave to students with housing or food insecurity or in need of Wi-Fi or other resources for online learning.
+ Read MoreIn our current condition, with most of the U.S. sheltering in place and/or learning and working from our homes, it's hard to imagine that just 20 days ago, teachers and those aspiring to be teachers gathered together for the fourth annual Excellence in Education conference at the University of Dallas, organized, run and sponsored by UD's Education Department, but so they did, and so we will all do -- gather together, that is -- some day again.
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